Davenport-corner construction



Feb. 4, 1930. w. o. M DANIEL DAVENPORT CQRNER CONSTRUCTION Filed May 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Fly I0.

INVENTOR, Walicr QN Dahid, B

Attorneyo.

Feb. 4, 1930. w. o. McDANIEL. 1,746,087

DAVENPORT CORNER CONSTRUCTION Filed May 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IHVEHT'OR, Wql'l'er O. N Dane'eI,

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Patented Feb. 4, 1930 v I A 1 .FAC LWIRINGr.ooivrrAnY, or" MOORESVILLE, INDIANA, A conronA'rIoN or INDIANA n vnnron'r-cormnn consriwo'ri'on Application filed May. 5,-

Thisinventionrelates in general to a frame "construction fora combination davenport.

1 and bed and in particular tofa corner con- '1 struction of'amovable back whereby the corner may be upholsteredand'extended later-- ally around aback-supporting post to permit the corner tol'loe-moved'as anintegral part the accompanying drawings, in whi'ch.

Fig.- 1 is a front elevation of one end, of a 'davenport-bed embodying the invention;

' a 15. I Fig. 2, a side elevation of the davenport with the back in the raised position;

Fig. 3, a fragmentary rear elevation of the upper corner as shown in Fig. 1;

- Fig. 4:, a front elevation of the frame only 9.

longer plate 22'isfastenedjontheinner side 5 V I Fig. 5, a side'elevatlon of the frame shown v:

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Fig. 6, a top plan view of the same portion g V zontal piece spaced inwardly from the post 16, andthe horizontal piece, 24 extends hori- A zontally'from the lower end of the side piece 7 20 of the same upper corner;

of frame ,2

the line 7 7 in Fig.- 1;

Fig. 8, aside elevation of a hinge employed to carry the back; I I I a Fig. 9,. a-rear elevation of the frame as I shown in'Fig. 3 but showing a modified form I k end ofthetoppiece 20, which piece'is rounded "ofhinging the back and I i Fig. 10, a'vertical'section on the line 10 10.- in. Fig. 9, showing a still further modified.

form of swinging the backfrom its support.

' parts throughout the several views in the drawings.

Referring to Fig. 1, anendofa davenport is there shown ,with an upholstered arm 12. The 'back 13 is movable. so as to be moved) 'outwardl'y and upwardly topermit a bed-x frame not shown) tobe pulled out from under theback, the exact details of the mount ing of. the bed 'frame'not entering into this invention. Instead. of cutting off theback on a vertical line extended upwardly from the inner side of the arm 12,1 continue the:

back on out over the arm 12 to form the shoulder 14, which, while fitting snugly down over 159 the arm 12, is an integral part of the back Fig; '7, a transversehorizontal section on Like characters of reference indicate like.

1928. Serial to. 275,406.

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13 maybe moved therewith as indicatedin Fig. 2, where the back 13 has been raised toitsextreme outer and upper position and there supported by the hinged brace 15.

Referring now more particularly toFigs 3, 4, 5. and 6, the davenport is'built with the usual vertical rear corner post'l6 from which the arm foundation .boardrl'? extends horizontally forward.- From near the topof the V post 16 horizontally extendsthe braceboard The back18 has'a' frame piece 19 disposed vertically on edge -;with the upper edge cut 1 todefinethe top line of' the back. To the'- lower. edge is attached the horizontally dis pose'd frame piece 20 whichextends on: out

around and past thepost 16; I The short plate I 21. of the hinge, Fig. 8 ,'is attached to the outer end'of the frame piece 19Iwhile 'the at thetop, of the post '16."

forwardly from the under side of the hori- -23 to form the lower edge of the back. j f ,iCushionsprings 25 are carried onthe usua transverse bars 26.. r .Asho'ulder plate 2'( is'secured to the outer uto'extend forwardly and around and 'secured to the side piece 23 ofth back, the plate 27 'beingthereby disposed to hang at a fixed angle'behind the piece 23,.and to be.

positioned normally. in the same plane as" that ofthe upper portion of the post 16. The

under side of the block'28 is arched to conform to the curvature of the? toptofjthe fin--v I .27 is swung accordingly from out past the ,.ished arm 12, asdetermined .by the piece cut "from the'block 28 and attached to the armf board-17.

post 16 and is returned when the back 13 is dropped back. The covering of the back is carried around over suitable padding over the block 28 at the bottom and around the edge of the plate 27 to give the desired shape to the'shoulder.

The frame construction so described not only permits the carrying of a projected shoulder integrally as apart of the back, but

also aids considerably in bracing the back frame to hold it square as it is swung in and out. While the back 13 has been described as being pivotally swung from near its top edge and the top of the post 16 to permit the back covering to be secured to the piece 19 the back may be hinged to the brace board 18, Fig. 9, or where it is not desirable to hinge the back, it may be supported on the swinging bars 81 and 32, Fig. 10. i

In either of these modified methods of carrying the back, the plate 27 is brought back to lie along and extend laterally from the post 16, the post 16 always being concealed by the shoulder 14 formed thereover.

While I have described my invention in the form it is now best known to me, it is obvious that structural changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the in vention, and I therefore do not desire to be limited to the precise form as shown, nor any more than maybe necessitated by the following claims.

I claim:

1. In a davenport, a movable back, a fixed back supporting post, said back being nor-. mally positioned to one side of the post, and

a shoulder comprising means carried by and and to extend laterally from the end of the fixed back frame over said arm and means connecting the side piece with the plate to swing the plate with the back to a normal position outside of the frame over the arm.

4. In a davenport, a movable back having a top piece, a bottom piece and a vertical side piece interconnecting said top and bottom pieces, a fixed back frame, an arm extending from said back frame, said movable back being swingingly supported in relation to the back frame whereby the lower portion of the movable back swings past the inner side extended from the end of the back adapted.

to be normally around said post and extended laterally therefrom and a block attached at one end to the back and at its other end to the lower end of the shoulder means.

2. In a davenport, a fixed back post, an

arm extended from the post, a back having means by which it is swinginglysupported in relation to the post to swing past the inner side of the arm, a shoulder pl ate,-members securing the shoulder plate to the back comprising a top frame-piece and a lower block, said plate being positioned by the members to pass on the outer side of the post in immediate proximity over said arm and the block being recessed to conform to the top finish A of the arm.

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3. In a davenport, a movable back having a top horizontal frame piece, a lower horizontal frame piece, and a vertical s de piece interconnecting said two frame pieces, a fixed back frame, an arm extending'from saidback frame, said movable back being'swingingly supported in relation to said fixed back frame whereby the lower portion of the movable back swings past the inner side of the'arm, a shoulder plate extended from the said back side piece to swing with the movable back 

